Working class

Minnesota teachers strike

Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care? Workers Are Organizing Independently. Why Don’t Our Politicians Seem to Care?

It’s the only protection workers have against corporate resistance to unionizing.

Aug 23, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

McDonald’s workers striking against sexual harassment

With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers With This Fast-Food Bill, California Could Help All Essential Workers

Gavin Newsom may have a chance to prove his commitment to the working class.

Aug 16, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Poor Peoples Campaign

Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left Democrats Are Losing the Working Class, but You Shouldn’t Blame the Left

The reason people are disenchanted is that this economy doesn’t work for them.

Jul 26, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Pentagon

The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price

What’s all this new defense spending for?

Jun 21, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Vivek Chibber

Vivek Chibber on the Future of Marxist Thought Vivek Chibber on the Future of Marxist Thought

His new book The Class Matrix: Social Theory After the Cultural Turn is an impassioned argument for centering class politics in both theory and praxis.

May 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

A person rings up groceries

“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration “The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration

Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power.

Apr 18, 2022 / Ann Larson

tristan lion dutchin amazon organizer

The Amazon Labor Union’s Historic Victory Was the First Step The Amazon Labor Union’s Historic Victory Was the First Step

But with the full support of the New York City labor movement and the broader community, the workers can win.

Apr 15, 2022 / Jane McAlevey

As Prices Soar, We Need Action—Not Spin

As Prices Soar, We Need Action—Not Spin As Prices Soar, We Need Action—Not Spin

It’s ever more critical that Democrats enact policies that visibly support working people.

Apr 5, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

FDR with cabinet

As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

Congress could get inspiration from the tortured creation of Social Security.

Feb 7, 2022 / James Roosevelt Jr., Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, and Harold M. Ickes

Three Black women in formal dress pose for a photo

Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale Maida Springer Kemp Championed Workers’ Rights on a Global Scale

The Panamanian garment worker turned labor organizer, Pan-Africanist, and anti-colonial activist advocated for US and African workers amid a Cold War freeze.

Feb 4, 2022 / Kim Kelly

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